On this look around the Air Force the next chief master sergeant of the Air Force is announced by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, Airmen work together with their Japanese counterparts in Keen Sword 2017, and the current policy for Air Force records management requires records custodians to complete final tasks…

On this look around the Air Force the 301st Fighter Wing returns home from Afghanistan, Airmen participate in exercise Tonnerre Lightning, and Airmen and firefighters attend an emergency medical technician course.

The new Blended Retirement System is on its way, and with that comes some changes. In this episode of FYI, Tech. Sgt. Holly Roberts-Davis gives us some general comparisons to help us make an informed decision.

October was National Disability Employment Awareness Month. It is a time to recognize the significant contributions American workers with disability make each and every day. Jennifer Sheehy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy said, “Our nation’s most successful companies proudly make inclusion a core value. They know that inclusion works. It works…

Posted November 4, 2016 by Army photograph by Sgt. 1st Class Eliodoro Molino

Specialist Myles Williams, 1-41 Delta Company, 2nd IBCT, 4th ID, Tucson, shows children what his weapon optics show at Sayed Pacha School at the reopen in Kandahar, Province, Afghanistan. The school was a high profile attack for the Taliban in December 2015.

HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. — Before heading into Boston Oct. 27 to speak at an event co-hosted by the New England Tuskegee Airmen Chapter, retired Col. Charles E. McGee, a Tuskegee Airman, met with several Airmen. McGee said he appreciates the opportunity he has to meet with this generation of Airmen. “I think it’s…

Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James took the stage Oct. 28, at the Airlift/Tanker Association Symposium to address the Air Force’s priority to maintain mission readiness and promote modernization in the coming years.

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